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Subject: Dingbats??? Or other symbols - Making your own?

FranOnTheEdge opened this issue on May 31, 2006 · 8 posts

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FranOnTheEdge ( ) posted Wed, 31 May 2006 at 12:31 PM · edited Thu, 06 February 2025 at 12:47 PM

I've been following a tutorial, and I've got as far as Step 11 but then you're supposed to use a "Dingbat" according to the tutorial.

Now I've heard of the Game "Dingbats" and I've heard of "wingdings" and "Webdings" and such like for using symbols.

But none of those look anything like the "Dingbat" that the tutorial uses - not that I have to use EXACTLY the same symbol - in fact if I knew how to make one - I'd rather do that.

But I'm not very good at drawing straight lines on the computer, and I don't really know how to make one... especially one where the symbol is drawn/created on a transparent background so you can add it to a layer and continue with the tutorial.

Oh, this is the tutorial I'm doing:
http://67.15.36.49/team/Tutorials/texture_katherine_dinger/dirty_texture03.asp

Can anyone help?

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aprilgem ( ) posted Wed, 31 May 2006 at 12:58 PM · edited Wed, 31 May 2006 at 12:59 PM

Attached Link: http://www.dafont.com/hazard.font

I'm including a link to a set of dingbats that might be appropriate for what you're going for.

Check out the character for the single quote key. I think it's the same one the tutorial author might have used.

FranOnTheEdge ( ) posted Wed, 31 May 2006 at 1:20 PM · edited Wed, 31 May 2006 at 1:21 PM

Fantastic!

Er... how do you use them?

I mean I've downloaded the zip file- and after unzipping what do I do with it next? You see I've never used a font before, apart from what's already in PhotoShop. Does it have to be put into a particular place?

Measure your mind's height
by the shade it casts.
Robert Browning (Paracelsus)

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